Trump describes the moment Venezuela’s Maduro was confronted by US forces

President Donald Trump revealed throughout an unique interview with ‘Fox & Pals Weekend’ that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured in a ‘fortress’-like home, the place he was ‘shortly trapped’ by US particular forces.

Trump stated he huddled with generals in a room at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida as they watched “each side” of the “extraordinarily advanced” operation. The president stated the unique plan was for Maduro to be captured earlier this week, however U.S. forces must watch for the best climate situations.

“We waited 4 days. We have been going to do that 4 days in the past, three days in the past, two days in the past. After which instantly it opened and we stated, ‘Go,'” the president stated, describing how Maduro was in a “very closely guarded” home on the time he was confronted.

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“He was in a home that seemed extra like a fortress than a home. It had metal doorways. It had what they name a safety room, the place it is, you realize, strong metal in every single place. He could not shut that room. He tried to get in, however he was trapped so shortly he could not get in,” Trump stated.

‘We have been ready. We had large blowtorches and all the things else it’s essential to get by way of that metal. However we did not want that. He did not make it to that a part of the home.”

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro addresses his supporters in Caracas, Venezuela, December 10, 2025. (Pedro Rances Mattey/Anadolu by way of Getty Pictures)

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A US official briefed on the matter informed Fox Information on Saturday that the US navy’s Delta Drive had bodily captured Maduro, with the CIA offering intelligence to the Battle Division to assist monitor the dictator’s location.

“All the things was proper… all the things they practiced. They mainly constructed a home similar to the home they went into, with all of the safes and all of the metal in every single place,” Trump informed Fox & Pals Weekend, describing the navy planning that went into the operation.

Trump stated he believes no U.S. troops have been killed in the course of the operation. He added that “a number of guys received hit, however they got here again, they usually’re stated to be in fairly good condition.”

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Appearing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro waves to supporters as he leaves after voting for the successor to late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas on April 14, 2013. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

Trump additionally stated Maduro and his spouse have been taken by helicopter to the USS Iwo Jima and have been headed to New York to face prices together with narco-terrorism conspiracy.

When requested what Venezuela’s future holds now that Maduro is not within the nation, Trump stated: “We’re making that call now.”

“We will not take the danger of letting another person run and simply decide up the place they left off. So we’re making that call now,” Trump informed Fox Information on Saturday morning. “We will be very concerned, and we wish to result in freedom for the folks. We wish to, you realize, have an important relationship. I believe the folks of Venezuela are very, very joyful as a result of they love the US. , they have been mainly run by a dictatorship or worse.”

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro addresses his supporters throughout a rally marking the anniversary of the nineteenth century Battle of Santa Ines in Caracas, Venezuela, December 10, 2025. (Pedro Rances Mattey/Anadolu by way of Getty Pictures)

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Trump additionally stated that U.S. navy operations in Venezuela are “saving lives as a result of the drug commerce is so dangerous. It is so uncontrolled.”

Rachel Wolf and David Spunt of Fox Information contributed to this report.